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Release Date: Jan 18, 2002; Limited Release: Dec 28, 2001; Rated: R; Length: 144 Minutes; Genres: Drama, War; With: Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner, Josh Hartnett and Jason Isaacs... See More
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Black Hawk DownB-
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
The audience that goes to see Ridley Scott's square-jawed combat saga about a 1993 U.S. military mission gone horribly wrong in Somalia now watches this story with hearts reformatted by recent events. But watching American soldiers fight and die in a land they don't fully understand might have been more moving if Scott, a master of Gladiator-size visual showmanship, hadn't bombed away the personality of every man fighting. The interchangeable soldiers (including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Sizemore) matter little in Scott's war; only as a man-shaped mass that shoots, shouts, and survives do they register.
Posted Jan 25, 2002
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- Review Black Hawk Down | Troy Patterson
- Review Black Hawk Down (Dec 28, 2001) | Lisa Schwarzbaum
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- Oscar Race Best Adapted Screenplay (Dec 21, 2001) | Mark Harris, Dave Karger
